07 Mar 1977
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Newspaper
Troy Record
Location
Troy, New York, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1977
Page
1
Shenendehowa Civil Service unit unanimously approves a three year contract with the district granting a 17 percent raise total. The school board may ratify for 250 bus drivers janitors secretaries and nurses as early as Tuesday.
Round Lake Library reports a 12 percent rise in circulation in 1976, reaching 22 354 from 10 863 in 1966 and 16 262 in 1971. The facility expanded pre school story hours and now opens six days weekly, with schedules across many programs including classic films and community events. It marks its 80th year in 1977 under sponsorship of the Kerosene Club now the Woman's Round Lake Improvement Society.
J C Penney Co plans a mid summer opening for its Clifton Country Mall store with a tentative date of July 27. Mall manager John MacDonald cites ongoing construction and expects more tenants once the store opens. A Penneys field office spokeswoman confirms late July as the tentative start while noting no delays in work and that official schedules may shift from earlier announcements.
Life member awards will be presented at Shenendehowa PTSA monthly session at 7 30 p m Tuesday in the Middle School library. The event is open to the public.
Mayor Beame, donned as "Professor," delivers one liners at the Inner Circle benefit show. He skewers rivals Percy Sutton Ed Koch Herman Badillo Bella Abzug Roy Goodman and deputy mayors while joking about Nelson Rockefeller unemployment and Carter politics.
The Villanova Singers from Villanova University will open St. Paul parish 125th anniversary events with a 2:30 p.m. concert on March 20 at St. Paul the Apostle Church. Admission is free with a collection for expenses and refreshments afterward in St. Paul Assumption School Hall.
The Mechanicville Merchants Association invites junior and senior high girls from Stillwater or Mechanicville to a March 14 contest at Joyce's Log Cabin with prizes from merchants. Applications due March 10. Also planned are Easter two week hours, Memorial Day Sidewalk Sale May 26–28, and a mid summer sale August 6. Music In Our Schools Week highlighted at Mechanicville Middle School with activities for grades 1–8, inspired by the 1975 statewide festival. Lions Club Zone Social set for March 15 at Mangino's with a board meeting after.
The Red Cross bloodmobile visits multiple sites Monday through Friday. Ballston Spa, Scotia, Fort Edward, Glens Falls, Troy, Menands, Albany host drives with hours from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. or 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Donors may call 462-7461 to make appointments.
A series of Lenten midweek services titled People of the Cross runs weekly at 7 30 p m. Readings include The Pharisees at Bacon Hill Reformed Church on March 16 Pilate at Old Saratoga Reformed Church on March 23 Peter at Fort Miller Reformed Church on March 30 and The Crowd at Bacon Hill Reformed Church. Speakers include Rev Charles Bailey Rev Floyd Armstrong and Rev C David Buchanan.
Saratoga County deputies say four people were charged after groceries were stolen from a car at Pyramid Mall in Wilton. Jefferson Bell 20 of Wilton Mobile Park Saratoga Springs and Daniel Fuller 38 of Hudson Falls pleaded guilty and drew four days in Saratoga Correctional Facility. A 14 year old and an 18 year old faced separate outcomes. the 14 year old to family court, the 18 year old to appear later. The youths names were kept confidential.
Ralph A. Green sues Saratoga County for 150000 in damages after his son Daniel M. Green died last November in a one car crash on County Route 65 east of Saratoga Springs. Attorney Harry D. Snyder filed the claim with county attorney Thomas Nolan last week.
The Appellate Division upheld a 1966 condemnation award of 65 000 to Sidney Fort Jr. for his Hill Street corner store and cobblestone house. City actions, filings, and a 1973 reversal are noted with Yard changes and the later approval by the court. Fort recalls a building likely from the early 1800s and a late 1800s hardware store.
A state Supreme Court hearing in Wilton over the Mt. McGregor Correctional Facility was adjourned to April. Town Attorney Theodore Grey says this is the fourth adjournment in the town’s suit against the Department of Correctional Services. The town seeks a court order closing the facility opened last November and may add the Moratorium on Prison Construction as a petitioner, requesting more information from the moratorium group in court papers.
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